Strategy modern: produk jadi acquisition channel utama. Bukan sales-led, marketing-led, tapi product-led.
Product-Led Growth: produk yang sell themselves. User experience produk drive akuisisi, conversion, dan ekspansi. Contoh: Slack, Notion, Figma, Canva, Loom. Berbeda dengan tradisional Sales-Led atau Marketing-Led.
Self-serve onboarding (tidak perlu sales call). Free tier atau freemium. Time to value cepat (under 1 minggu). Viral mechanic built-in. Bottom-up adoption (individual user dulu, lalu spread ke tim). Easy to upgrade.
Visit, signup, activated user (hit aha moment), paid user. Setiap step ada conversion rate. Aha moment penting: user pertama kali experience core value. Slack: kirim 2000 message dengan tim. Dropbox: install di 2 device.
Free user jadi paid lewat: usage limit (free terbatas), feature limit (advanced fitur paid), team feature (multi-user paid), support level (paid dapat priority). Strategy: tease paid features di free experience.
Activation rate (free user yang reach aha moment). Free to paid conversion. Net Revenue Retention (expansion vs churn). Time to paid. Viral coefficient. Beda dengan traditional metric.